11 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN the newest additions-Trump Tower and the A.T. & T. building-combIned in a work more than seven feet high / Abstract paint- ings from the seventies done in such diverse mediums as shoe polish, house paint, and wax Through May 24 (Alexander, 20 W. 57th St.) AL HELD-A survey of paintings from 1957 through 1984 by an abstractionist. Through May 18 (Emmerich, 41 E. 57th St.) BRYAN HUNT-Recent sculptures done in plaster, carved wood, and steel. Through June 8. (Blum Helman, 20 W. 57th St.) VALERIE JAUDON-Strong new paintings Through Saturday, May 4. (Janis, 110 W. 57th St.) ROBERT JORDAN-Representational landscapes. Through Saturday, May 11. (French, 41 W. 57th St Open Mondays.) ANSELM KIEFER-Big, rough, sombre works based on the story of Exodus. Through Saturday, May 11. (Marian Goodman, 24 W. 57th St. Open Mondays.) ROBERT KUSHNER / GLEN BAXTER-Sketchy figures that were brushed on still-drying handmade paper, with leaves, sequins, and glitter mixed into the pulp. / Colored-pencil drawings with deadpan captions that might have been lifted from Tom Swift. Through May 18. (Holly Solomon, 724 Fifth Ave., at 57th St. Open Mondays.) JOHN MONTI/PHOEBE ADAMs-Painted-plywood sculptures, and large charcoal-and-pastel drawings. / Bronze reliefs. Through May 21. (Borgenicht, 724 Fifth Ave., at 57th St.) ELIE NADELMAN (1882-1946) / JOHN BATHO- Drawings made in the summer of 1921. Through Saturday, May 4./ Photographs of Monet's garden at Giverny. Through Satur- day, May 11 (Zabriskie, 724 Fifth Ave., at 57th St Open Mondays.)... <<.II The French Embassy, 972 Fifth Ave., at 78th St , has an exhibit of thirty-seven Batho color prints from the past ten years. Through May 31. (Open Mondays; closed Saturdays.) GIANCARLO NERI-Stylish-Iooking paintings of tunnels seen head on and deep-set arched windows looking out on the Neapolitan sky, plus charcoal drawings. Through May 17. (Kornblee, 20 W. 57th St.) GEORGE NIcK-Landscape paintings of Jeru- salem and suburban Boston. Through Thurs- day, May 9. (De Nagy, 41 W. 57th St.) BETTY PARSONS (1900-82 )-A retrospective of driftwood sculptures, as well as watercolors, gouaches, and other works on paper, includ- ing a kite with an airplane painted on it. Through Saturday, May 4. (Armstrong, 50 W. 57th St.) RIOPELLE-Acrylic paintings and paper collages with images of flying geese. Through Satur- day, May 11. (Matisse, 41 E 57th St) JOHN SEERY-Expressionistic floral paintings. Through Saturday, May 11. (Gruenebaum, 38 E. 57th St.) T. L. SOLI EN-Figurative paintings, works on paper, and prints. Through June 1. (Getler- Pall-Saper, 50 W. 57th St.) CHARMION VON WIEGAND (1896-1983)-A retro- spective of paintings and collages covering 1945 through 1965 Through June 1. (Pearl, 38 E 57th St ) ANDY WARHOL AND GIORGIO DE CHIRico-The question is: Should an artist repeat himself? De Chirico was criticized for it and Warhol comes to his defense with a spate of silk screens and drawings copying the Italian's work. The original de Chiricos are also shown. Through Saturday, May 11. (Marisa del Re, 41 E 57th St.) .. <<.II Prints and smaU paint- ings from the sixties by Warhol Starts Thursday, May 2 (Goldberg, 1045 Madison Ave., at 79th St. Open Mondays; closed Sat- urdays.) GROUP SHows-Works on paper by contempo- rary British artists, including Frank Auer- bach, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, and others less known on this side of the Atlan- tic. Through May 15. (Jacobson, 50 W 57th St) GALLERIES-SoHo SHUSAKU ARAKAwA-Large maps, which look like city street guides, with directional arrows in- - dicating some sort of esoteric flow Through S-M-T-W-T-F-S 51 61 7 I L f Saturday, May 11 (Feldman, 31 Mercer St.) . . . <<.II Related drawings. Through June 15. (Herstand. 24 W. 57th St ) ROBERT BEAUCHAMP-Paintings completed this year and as long ago as 1959, by an Expres- sionist. Through May 18. (Knowlton, 153 Mercer St ) ARNOLD BITTLEMAN (1933-85)-A show of land- scape and figure drawings Unhappily, the exhibit has become a memorial to the artist, who died a week before it opened. Through Wednesday, May 8. (Milliken, 98 Prince St.) FRANÇOIS BOISRoND-Bright-colored, stylized images of Paris and New York, often outlined in black on white canvas. Through Thursday, May 9 (Nosei, 100 Prince St ) DAVID BowEs-Paintings of mythological char- acters such as Oedipus and the Sphinx. Through May 25 (Shafrazi, 163 Mercer St.) JACK CHEVALIER-Painted carved-wood and balsa-wood constructions interpreting the Northwest landscape Through May 25. (Pam Adler, 578 Broadway.) ROSEMARY CovE-Glazed terra-cotta wall sculp- tures of flowers and abstractions, plus one or two semi-abstract female nudes. Through Saturday, May 11 (Ingber, 460 West Broad- way.) GÉRARD GAROUSTE / CHARLES GAINEs-Tabletop still-lifes blown up to enormous size and painted with the sweep of landscapes. / Large maps of Africa and North America arbitrari- ly subdivided into hundreds of small, num- bered plots, as if by a developer. Through Saturday, May 11 (Castelli, 420 West Broadway.) GILBERT AND GEORGE-New hand-dyed photo- graphic works in a show that complements their retrospective at the Guggenheim Mu- seum Through June 1 (Sonnabend, 420 West Broadway.) JACK GOLDSTEIN-Large airbrush paintings of natural phenomena, i.e., earthquakes and lightning. Through May 18 (Metro Pictures, 150 Greene St.) JUAN GONZALES / BILL RICHARDs-Watercolor por- traits and self-portraits incorporating surreal elements, and drawings. / Detailed graphite drawings of dense ferns, grass, and under- growth. Through May 23. (Hoffman, 429 West Broadway.) PENNY KAPLAN-Minimal welded-steel sculptures based on the Japanese kimono. Through May 15. (SoHo 20, at 469 Broome St. Opens at noon. ) DAVID KAPp-City traffic is an inspiration rather than a problem for this artist, who watches it flow past his studio window and paints it in a semi-abstract style. Through June 1 (Man- hattan Art, 81 Greene St.) .. JANE KAUFMAN-Decorative screens and a qUIlt that has a hundred different embroidery stitches applied to a variety of fabrics, in- cluding silk, taffeta, and velvet Through June 1. (Steinbaum, 132 Greene St.) JOYCE KOZLOFF / DAISY Y OUNGBLOOD- Watercolors of fanciful designs for subway stations / Small clay sculptures Through Saturday, May 4. (Gladstone, 152 Wooster St ) MIMMO PALADINo-Bronze and stone sculptures, plus new paintings. Through May 25. (Spe- rone Westwater, 142 Greene St.) ELLEN PHELAN-Abstract paintings. Through May 25 (Toll, 146 Greene St.) ANTHONY POLIzzI-Paintings and wall sculp- tures, in designs and colors reminiscent of the Aztecs. First one-man show in New York. Through Saturday, May 4. (Littlejohn-Smith, 133 Greene St ) MARGOT ROBINSON-Nonobjective paintings and drawings, and sculptures. Through May 12. (N oho, 168 Mercer St Opens daily, except Mondays, at noon.) DAVID SALLE-EIght new paIntIngs in mixed mediums. Through May 25 (Boone, 417 West Broadway.) JUDITH SHAHN-Out-of-print silk screens, plus drawings and paintings Through Sunday, May 5 (Morningstar, 164 Mercer St Tues- days through Fridays, 3-to 6, Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 6.) JOYCE SILLs-Landscapes of the Northeast and Southwest, done in pastel, Prismacolor pencil, and gouache. Through Thursday, May 9. (Eno, 164 Mercer St Opens at noon Tues- days through Saturdays, at 1 Sundays.) DAVID TRUE-New paintings and etchings. Through Saturday, May 11. (Thorp, 103 Prince St ) GROUP SHow-A hundred and twenty-eight drawings on loan from the Museo Correr, in Venice, which represent much of the work done in that city from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. Through July 27. (The Drawing Center, 137 Greene St. Open Wednesday evenings until 8.) OTHER GALLERIES DARREL AUSTIN-A dozen or more paintings of this artist's favorite themes-tigers, bulls, and nymphs shown in swamplands and lit by phosphorescence. Through May 23. (Garet, 204 E 10th St. Opens Sundays at 1 ) FRANCO CIARLO / MICHAEL MCCLARD-Monumen- tal abstract paintings done in a fresco-can- vas technique. / Ghostly images appear in large acrylic paintings. Through May 18 (Bouckaert, 100 Hudson St.) MARK DI SUVERo-Steel sculptures, completed in the past two years, which have swinging parts built into them; for example, the largest piece incorporates a swinging bed. Through June 29. (Oil & Steel, 157 Chambers St.) LUIs FRANGELLA-Nipper the RCA dog and other subjects portrayed in paintings collaged with found objects (refrigerator parts, floor tiles). Through May 18 (Bromm, 90 West Broad- way, at Chambers St.) RICHARD HAMBLEToN-Huge waves coming straight at you and curling as they break are depicted in several of these large new pain t- ings; in the same vein is a rodeo bull storm- ing out of the chute with a cowboy on his back Through May 21. (Ala, 32 W. 20th St.) LucIo PozzI-Small abstract paintings from the past three years. Through May 26. (M-13, at 440 E 9th St. Opens at 1 Wednesdays through Sundays.) PAULA REGo-Drawings and paintings of imagi- nary creatures by an uninhibited Portuguese- born English artist Through Saturday, May 4. (Art Palace, 611 Broadwav.) HUNT SLONEM-New oil paIntings from the "All About Eden" series. Through June 1. (Braathen, 76 Duane St., between Broadway and Lafayette St. Opens at noon.) CHRISTOPHER SPROAT-Large illuminated wood sculptures based on skeletal forms, and two wood benches with gold leaf. Through May 25. (Stoler, 13 White St.) FRI-ART: MADE IN SWITZERLAND-Contemporary Swiss artists have many doors open to them this season for exhibits and performances (for the latter, see "Art After Dark," below), among them THE CLOCKTOWER. 108 Leonard St., at Broadway: Paintings by nine artists. Through June 2. (Thursdays through Sun- days, noon to 6.)... FRANKLIN FURNACE. 112 Franklin St.: An installation by five artists and book works by Dieter Roth Through Sa t-